These people are volunteering to house large animals rescued from evacuation areas:

• Dennis Patterson will house animals at his large ranch. Call 524-9652.

• Andrea Schauer with Another Chance Animal Welfare League has a crew of volunteers to rescue and house llamas, cows, horses and chickens. Call 547-7387 and leave a message if no one answers. The messages are checked every half hour.

Residents watched and worried as smoke filled their neighborhoods and firetrucks wound along rural roads as firefighters Monday continued to battle hundreds of lightning-caused blazes in the north state.

While a typical summer lightning storm will spark from eight to 25 fires, the storm that rolled through over the weekend caused more than 100 blazes in the 2.1 million-acre Shasta-Trinity National Forest, said Mike Odle, a U.S. Forest Service spokesman.

"We got pummeled," he said.

Because of the magnitude of the fires, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday declared a state of emergency in Trinity County.

In the Southern Trinity

County community of Hyampom, many of the town's 300 residents told forest officials they want to ride out the fires, Odle said.

The Forest Service was planning to haul in pallets of meals ready-to-eat (MREs) and water today.

Similarly, at least 153 fires were burning in Shasta County, said Roy Del Carlo, a California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection spokesman. Several threatened homes.

Del Carlo said the multitude of fires has depleted fire crews, and firefighting efforts are focused on flames threatening communities.

Here's a rundown of blazes firefighters were battling Monday night:

Shasta County fires

Fire agency officials gave the following updates Monday night on fires Cal Fire is battling in Shasta County.

The Venture Fire

The most immediate threat to structures, this fire is burning about 1,000 acres south of Highway 299 east of Highway 89. Fire officials had no estimated containment. The evacuations are in an area near Cassel and Sand Pit roads, Del Carlo said.

Highway 299 is closed near the Four Corners area.

An evacuation center was set up at Burney High School.

Shingletown Fire

Some residents were allowed to return home after more than 24 hours under evacuation order, but a "flare-up" forced fire crews to again keep residents away, Del Carlo said.

On Sunday, some 30 to 40 residents were evacuated from Pine Ridge Park Estates, Woodridge Estates and other neighborhoods.

As of Monday night, the Shingletown Fire had burned 475 acres and was 80 percent contained. American Red Cross Shasta Chapter volunteers were caring for the evacuees, who had been given shelter overnight at the Black Butte schools.

Brandi Ehoers, a Pacific Gas and Electric Co. spokeswoman, said power was to be restored to 4,000 customers by Monday night. Those people had been without power since early this Monday morning.

The 2,400-acre blaze, earlier called the Bear Creek Fire, is burning northwest of Highway 44 off Dersch Road. There is no estimated containment. No structures are immediately threatened, Cal Fire officials said.

Residents are being given a "cautionary evacuation notice," meaning they're advised to gather together important belongings in case an evacuation order is called, officials said.

Donkey Mine Fire

This fire between Ingot and Oak Run has burned about 300 acres, incident commander Garrett Quigley said Monday.

The blaze is burning through stands of 20-foot high manzanita in a remote area south of Highway 299 and west of Oak Run Road, said Quigley, a Cal Fire captain with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. No structures were threatened.

Quigley said he hopes to surround the fire before it reaches the highway, but changing winds could hamper that effort. Bulldozers are cutting the fire line, he said.

Firefighting efforts at other fires north of Highway 299 also could affect his plans, he said.

The Democrat Fire

This fire near the town of Keswick is burning 360 acres.

So far, no homes are threatened, but there are numerous residences in the area. Residents in Shasta and Keswick have been told they may have to evacuate if the fire spreads, Del Carlo said.

Pine Fire

This fire, earlier called the Backbone Ridge Fire, is burning behind Jones Valley near Lake Shasta. It grew Monday to more than 850 acres, officials said.

There are no structures threatened at this time, but residents in the Seamen Gulch Road area have been warned that they might have to evacuate, Del Carlo said.

Kilarc-area fire

Firefighters were battling a 20-acre blaze near Kilarc Reservoir in the area of Fern and Tamarack roads between Oak Run and Whitmore, Del Carlo said. No information on this blaze was available Monday.

Zogg Mine Road

This fire that burned around 74 acres in the Igo-Ono area Sunday was 80 percent contained Monday, officials said.

However, several small fires were burning along hard-to-access ridges near the fire and in the Bully Choop area, officials said.

Whiskeytown National Recreation Area

Carol Jandrall, a spokeswoman for Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, said the park's 40-person fire crew is battling four blazes within its boundaries and the fires expanded Monday to 1,200 acres.

Three of the fires total at least 190 acres. They would be visible from Redding on Shasta Bally if the mountain wasn't shrouded in smoke.Another 500-acre fire is burning on the southwest side of Shasta Bally, Jandrall said.No structures were threatened.

With so many fires burning so close to homes around the area, park firefighters are largely on their own, Jandrall said.

"We're a low priority because we don't have people or property threatened," she said. "We're doing the best we can with what we have."

Some roads, trails and campsites were inaccessible. Call 242-3461 for more information.

Shasta-Trinity National Forest

Here's an update from the U.S. Forest Service based on information collected Monday evening.

Lime Complex

The 70 fires in the complex range in size from 1 to 700 acres and have burned about 6,400 acres near Hayfork. Although 18 of 70 fire starts were contained, they were small, so the overall complex was still considered at 10 percent contained. The fires destroyed the Limedyke Lookout and threaten 1,200 structures in and near Hyampom, about 85 miles from Redding. No evacuations are in effect and about 610 firefighters are assigned to the complex.

Iron Complex

The 36 fires in the complex have burned 1,060 acres near Junction City. Eight of the 36 fires are fully contained, and the complex is considered 5 percent contained. Half of the fires are burning in the Trinity Alps Wilderness Area, meaning only hand tools can be used to fight them. About 250 firefighters are assigned to the complex and no evacuations are in effect.

Lightning Complex

The 31 fires in the complex are spread around the rest of the forest, from Lake Shasta to Mount Shasta to near Weaverville. They have burned about 150 acres. Two of the fires are fully contained, 14 are partially contained, and the complex is considered 15 percent contained. No structures are threatened.

Tehama County

Around 2,800 acres had burned in rural Tehama County as of Monday afternoon, said Mickie Jakez, a Tehama County Cal Fire spokeswoman.

All were in rural areas and no structures were threatened.

Fires ranged from fewer than 100 acres to more than 1,000 in the Antelope, Mill, Salt and Paynes creeks areas.

Siskiyou County

Firefighters in the Klamath National Forest battled five blazes in far rural Siskiyou County.

Spokesman Tom Lavagnino said around 146 firefighters are fighting the Siskiyou Complex.

The blazes have burned more than 500 acres in heavy timber country, in an area around a 45-minute drive southwest of Happy Camp, Lavagnino said.

Reporter Ryan Sabalow can be reached at 225-8344 or at rsabalow@redding.com.